Scholars of the
discipline expanded from dissecting the practice of teaching legal writing and began to focus on law
as rhetoric.11 Progressively, the teaching of legal argument had led to curiosity about rhetorical devices and narrative techniques.12 The importance of plain or accessible language became a
key component of effective communication.13 The intersection of legal writing and storytelling emerged
as an important area of the scholarly discourse.14 The
discipline's character developed and created new and emerging sub-characters within the story.